Comments on: Why are there so many ‘strange’ elements in religion?

By: LifeOnaPlate

LifeOnaPlate — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 21:50:50 +0000

Nice post. I was recently thinking about world religion, just finished a new bio on Muhammad by Daniel C. Peterson, a great work. That being said, I wonder what you think of a recent blog post I made on the subject of the Spirit of Christ and global religion:

http://lifeongoldplates.blogspot.com/2007/09/draft-spirit-of-christ-given-to-every.html

Please let me know what you think.

By: Brian

Brian — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 11:06:53 +0000

Thanks for stopping by and commenting David. I wish you luck on your journey of faith.

By: David Stoker

David Stoker — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 21:22:39 +0000

Thanks for the comment Robin. Yes, I would love to learn Hebrew and I always think scriptures should be interpreted through the eyes/thought processes of the writers. I also agree that much can be gained by being able to read the documents in their original language, be it Hebrew for the Old Test., Greek for the New, or Arabic for the Quran. However I think my point by that statement is that the methods of teaching and message about the plan of God must be understandable by all. And so I was endorsing the fact that basic symbols and basic storytelling (which is alot of what the Old Test. is) do lend themselves to crossing cultures and languages.

But I am not convinced that God would speak exclusively to the Jews or that God’s plan and intentions would only be dicernable through one culture’s eyes. Although at the same time I personally believe the Jews have a special role to play in this great drama. However, I would expect God’s hand to be in multiple nations and be discernable through multiple thought processes. Perhaps there will be additional writings that will be discovered, for instance nobody anticipating the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls, in other words, I don’t think the book is closed. I also think that some of the amazing similarities between religions, for instance the birth of Christ and the birth of Buddha, have similarities because the message was indeed known previously, delivered in multiple lands.

By: Robin Sampson

Robin Sampson — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 02:46:37 +0000

God does have a consistent message across all time, cultures, and languages. His book was written in by Hebrews with a Hebrew thought process. Its the light you need to examine the Bible.

http://biblicalholidays.com/Excerpts/hebrew_roots.htm